Konnichiwa Minna-san! I did it! I managed to update in less than a month without having my best friend hold me hostage! (Does a little victory dance) Okay now that that's out, I don't have much to say about this chapter other then there is a dream sequence that's in italics.
Disclaimer: I don't own Cardcaptor Sakura or the characters, but the plot and Ciara are mine.
Happy Reading!
Chapter Twenty-Nine: Remembering What Had Been Forgotten
"Eriol-kun!" Sakura cried as the blue haired boy sank to the ground.
"Come on," Yue said softly, "We should get him inside. His fever is going to spike."
"Yue-kun," Sakura said, "Are you alright?"
"I'm going to go right to bed," Yue said softly. His injuries had been healed but he was still feeling the effects of them. "I'm not feeling very well."
"Do you want any help?" Yukito asked
"I can manage," Yue said, "Get Eriol."
"You aren't feverish or anything are you, Yue-kun?" Sakura asked
"No," Yue said as they followed Touya to the house, "It's just the effects of the injuries I had sustained. I'll be fine in the morning. Concentrate on helping Eriol, using magic with a fever like that can be dangerous."
"To-ya," Yukito called as walked in carrying Eriol, "Get him a change of clothes, something warm and dry."
"Alright," Touya said
"Okay," Sakura said as she walked in the house and took off her shoes, "How is using magic with a fever dangerous?" She asked, "I've used magic with a fever before and nothing really happened."
"That's because Eriol was there to lower your fever," Yue said, "If he didn't, you would have been in trouble."
"You knew about that?" Sakura asked
"Of course I did," Yue said. He may have been extremely weak at the time but he knew how Sakura had transformed the Windy and Mirror cards with a rather high fever. He had been extremely worried about the girl and if he hadn't been losing magic at a steady rate, he would have been there helping her. "Don't do anything like that ever again."
"I won't," Sakura said. She had already received quite the lecture from Cerberus and another from her brother. "I already told Kero-chan and Oniichan that I wouldn't."
"Good," Yue said as he headed for the guest room, "I'm going to bed."
"Good night Yue-kun," Sakura said, "Yukito-san do you need me to get anything?"
"Could you get thermometer and a cold compress?" Yukito asked
"Sure," Sakura said as she left the room just as Touya walked into the room.
"Is he really bad off?" Touya asked as he started removing Eriol's saturated clothing.
"He's burning up," Yukito said as he helped, "I'm not sure if I can help him or not. I've already used up quite a bit of magic."
"If you can't then Sakura-san can," Eriol said softly as he opened his eyes.
"Are you alright?" Touya asked as he helped the boy get a dry shirt on.
"I shouldn't have done that," Eriol said, "But Yue couldn't wait. He was going to die if I didn't help him." He then heard a thud coming from the other side of the wall, "I take it Sakura-san heard me. Tell her she can come in. I want to walk her through the process of lowering a fever."
"Sakura-chan," Yukito called as the finished helping Eriol change, "You can come in now."
"Hai," Sakura said, "Eriol-kun, you're awake. How are you feeling?"
"I need your help with something," Eriol said.
"What is it?" Sakura asked.
"I am going to walk you through the process of lowering a fever using magic," He said.
"Okay," Sakura said as she walked up to the bed, "What do I need to do?"
"I need you to place your hand on my forehead," Eriol said, "Then I want you to concentrate on cooling my skin. Once you start I won't be able to help you though, I'll probably faint before it's over."
"Okay," Sakura said.
"Don't be alarmed if my temperature doesn't go down right away," Eriol said, "It's rather high and it might take several hours to go down even with magic."
"Okay," Sakura said as she placed her hand on Eriol's warm forehead, "I'm going to start now."
"Please do," Eriol said, "If I pass out that means it's working."
Sakura nodded and shut her eyes as she started concentrating on lowering Eriol's fever. After a few seconds Sakura started feeing a strain on her magic. She wanted to open her eyes to see if it was working but she didn't want to risk losing her concentration.
"Sakura-chan," Yukito said, "It's working, Eriol just lost consciousness."
"You can stop now," Yue said as he walked into the room, "You've done as much as you can."
Sakura cut the flow of magic and turned towards the door, "Yue-kun," She exclaimed. Then before anyone could say anything more, Sakura collapsed to the ground.
"Sakura!"
"Sakura-chan!" Yue called as he rushed to the girl's aid.
"What's wrong with her?' Touya asked as Yue lifted the girl from the floor.
"She used up too much of her magic," Yue said, "She fought that girl who defeated me. Then when I was injured, I was forced take magic from her to try and heal the wound I had sustained. It's just exhaustion, she should be fine by morning."
"Yue," Yukito said, "Did you know that that was going to happen?"
"Yeah," Yue said, "Like I said, she should be fine by morning."
"That's good," Touya said as Yue left the room, "Take care of her Yue."
"I will," Yue said as he brought Sakura into the other guest room. He set her on the bed and removed the jacket she had been wearing. Thanks to Tomoyo's "intuition" the outfit had been completely waterproof so Sakura did not get wet. //I'll have to thank Tomoyo later// Yue thought as he gently pulled the covers over Sakura. He then went over and sat on the armchair that was in the room. He knew that Sakura would not approve of him staying up all night for her sake. So he closed his eyes and drifted to sleep.
Sakura found herself standing outside a large European style mansion. She saw Cerberus, Yue and a girl she had never seen before. The girl had long dark hair pulled back similar to how Meiling wore her hair. She had lilac colored eyes and wore the same kind of glasses that Eriol wore.
"Ciara-chan," Yue called, "You said you would show me that place you found."
Sakura smiled as the very small boy ran up to the girl, who was probably about twelve years old. Yue looked as though he had been shrunk. He was about the size of your average three year old child. His silver hair hung a bit past his shoulders and his violet sliver eyes were wide.
"Okay," The girl said. Her voice sounded oddly familiar, "Come on Yue." She then picked the small boy up.
"I'm coming too," Cerberus said.
"There's no need for you to come," Ciara said, "Yue's safe with me. And if you've forgotten, he was placed in my care."
"Fine," Cerberus said, "Just don't be gone too long."
"We won't be," Ciara said as she smiled maliciously, "I'm going to put you down once we get there okay?"
"Okay," The young boy said.
Sakura found herself following the girl for some reason. She found that there was something unsettling about the girl in front of her she couldn't quite place it but there was something.
"Here we are Yue," The girl said as she put the boy down and walked a few paces, "Come here."
The child scurried over to the girl, "Wow," He said, "Look how pretty it is! I bet you can see the entire world from here!"
"Hmm," The girl responded, "I don't think so. But you can see quite far." She walked back a few paces and the boy went to follow. "No you can stay there, I dropped something not too far back. I'm going to go get it."
"Okay," The boy said,
"Don't get to close now," She said.
Sakura and Yue were left alone for several minutes and Sakura could tell that Yue was getting worried.
"Ciara-chan," Yue called as there was some rustling coming from a bush, "Ciara-chan, where are you? I don't like this anymore Ciara-chan."
Then without warning the dark haired girl emerged from behind a bush and pushed the young boy off the little cliff he was looking over.
Sakura was shocked that someone that Yue trusted so much would do something like that, "Fly!" She called out only to remember that in this time frame, she didn't have the cards, Clow did. She didn't bother to pay attention to what Ciara was doing; she carefully scaled down the cliff to where the boy had fallen. To her relief, the boy was still conscious. "Yue-kun," She called being careful not to move the boy.
The boy looked up, "Ciara-chan…?" He asked feebly, "No…who are you?"
"My name is Sakura," She said, "Are you alright?"
"No," The boy cried, "It hurts…"
"What hurts?" Sakura asked as she gently stroked the boy's forehead.
"Everything," The boy said, "Do you live around here?"
"No," Sakura said trying to keep the boy distracted, "I don't."
"Then why are you here?" The boy asked, "Aren't your parents going to worry?"
"No," Sakura said, "I'm from the future. My magic brought me here for some reason."
"YUE!"
Sakura looked up and saw Clow standing at the ledge, "Someone's here for you now," She said, "It's going to be alright."
"I told him not to get too close," She heard Ciara say, "But he wouldn't listen. He lost his footing and fell."
Clow didn't appear to be listening to the girl. He activated the fly card and hurried to get the boy, "Ciara," He called, "Go get Yue's bed ready."
"Okay," She called.
"Sakura," Clow said, "What are you doing here?"
"My magic brought me here Clow-san," Sakura said.
"Did you happen to see what happened here?" Clow asked.
"Yes," Sakura said, "That girl pushed him. Who is she anyway?"
Clow sighed as he picked the boy up, "Ciara is my daughter." He said somberly, "She's been bitter since her mother died in child birth. And it's been worse since I told her that her magic isn't compatible with the cards. I don't know what to do anymore, if things get any worse, I'm going to have to seal my own daughter."
Sakura found herself following Clow but then the dreamscape went black.
Sakura found herself looking into a large office, with Clow's deep red velvet chair and a warm fire going.
"Did you want to see me?" Ciara asked
"Yes I did," Clow responded, "We have important matters to discuss."
"If it has anything to do with what happened to the little brat, I didn't do it." Ciara said.
"I'm not saying you did," Clow said, "But you were supposed to be watching him when it happened."
"You shouldn't have had me watch him then," Ciara said, "He's not my responsibility."
"What did I tell you when I created him?" Clow asked
"That I'm to watch and care for him until he develops magic," Ciara said in a mock tone,
"And I expect you to do just that," Clow said
"He's finally asleep," Cerberus said as he walked into the room
"That's good," Clow said, "How is he?"
"He's still in a lot of pain,"
Clow sighed, "I'll see what I can do about his injuries," He said, "Until then we're going to hope that he stays asleep." He then directed his attention at the girl, "I no longer need your assistance. You're free to go."
"Fine," Ciara said as she left the room.
Sakura hurried to try and find a place to hide in the empty hallway before Ciara walked out of the room but was unsuccessful.
"Who are you?" Ciara asked, "You're that Sakura girl aren't you?"
Sakura didn't answer. She had seen the younger girl taker her anger out on Yue and she didn't want that to happen.
"You are Sakura aren't you?" Ciara asked again, "You don't deserve to inherit the cards." She then lunged at Sakura but since Sakura wasn't really there Ciara went right through her, "You're using the cards aren't you?"
"No," Sakura said, "I never called on the cards to come here."
"Whatever," Ciara said as she walked off, "I'm going to go make it impossible for you to get the cards."
Sakura sighed and listened to the conversation that Clow and Cerberus were having.
"She found out about Sakura," Cerberus said, "Perhaps she's jealous that she's not going to inherit the cards."
"Her magic's not compatible with the cards," The man said, "She would never be able to use them." Then before the two could say anything else they heard a sound from outside the room and footsteps that quickly died away.
"I think she heard us, Clow" Cerberus said
"I know," Clow said, "It worries me. I don't want to seal my own daughter."
"You might just have to," Cerberus said, "She might just kill Yue one of these times."
Clow sighed, "Cerberus you know I…"
Clow was cut off as Cerberus, Sakura and him all felt an intense feeling of distress.
"Yue!" Cerberus yelled,
"Hurry Cerberus!" Clow said as he followed the sun guardian out of the room
"I swear if it's Ciara, I am going to kill her with my own paws. You do realize it is her doing right?" Cerberus asked.
"Yes, I know," Clow sighed
"You need to do something about her," Cerberus said, "Before she kills him! For some reason she doesn't like Yue and she's probably going to take all of her anger out at him."
Clow sighed, "I know Cerberus," He said, "But what do I do?"
"She's your responsibility," Cerberus said, "And you need to figure it out."
Sakura found herself following the two to the roof of the mansion where Ciara was dangling Yue over the edge.
"What do you think you're doing to him?" Clow yelled over the heavy wind and rain
"Since you won't let me have the cards, I'm taking him from you," Ciara yelled
"You magic isn't compatible with the cards," Clow called trying to reason with the girl before she killed his youngest creation, "Even if I did give them to you, you wouldn't be able to use them!"
"You should have thought of that before you started creating them!" Ciara yelled
"You mother's magic was much different then mine," He said, "There was no way I could create the cards incorporating that kind of magic."
"Well you should have asked for mother's help then!" Ciara yelled dangling the boy dangerously over the edge of the roof, "Oh wait, mother died in child birth because you couldn't save her or my little brother!"
"Magic cannot solve ever problem," Clow said
"Well then," Ciara said, "Good luck trying to solve this one." She then took the boy and threw him off the roof.
"Yue!" Cerberus cried
Clow then pulled three cards out of his pocket, "Fly!" he yelled, "Windy, Wood bind her!" He then leapt off the roof diving as fast as he could to try and prevent the already injured boy from falling to his death.
Sakura ran to the edge of the roof and watched as Clow was able to catch the boy but was unable to stop himself from crashing onto the ground.
"Clow!" Cerberus yelled, "Are you two alright!?"
"Yue's fine!" Clow yelled back.
Both Sakura and Cerberus sighed in relief as Clow flew back onto the roof with the boy in his arms.
"Clow," Cerberus said, "Your arm…"
Sakura looked and she could tell that the shoulder Clow had used to break his fall must have been broken.
"It's alright," Clow said as he put the unconscious child next to Cerberus, "You leave me with no choice Ciara."
"What are you going to do about it, Father?" Ciara asked. Her lilac eyes had taken a glowing, blood red hue, "Seal my magic again? You know how well that worked the last time."
"No," Clow said, "I am not going to seal your magic, I am going to seal your body."
Sakura watched as Clow prepared the powerful spell but just as he was about to perform it, the dreamscape went black.
So Sakura's the one to remember the person that had Eriol and the guardian's baffled. What's going to happen now? Oh boy school starts next week, so I don't know when I'll be able to update again but I promise that it will be within reason. No more going six months in between updates I promise.
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